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As of January 1, 2019, we have closed our forums. This is a decision we did not come to lightly, but it is necessary. The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk. The server software itself must be updated, and it cannot be without removing the forums.
So it is with a heavy heart that we say goodbye to our long-running forums. They came online in 2000 and brought together so many wonderful Disney fans. We had friendships form, careers launch, couples marry, children born ... all because of this amazing community.
Thank you to each of you who were a part of this community. You made it possible.
And a very special thank you to our Guides (moderators), past and present, who kept our forums a happy place to be. You are the glue that held everything together, and we are forever grateful to you. Thank you aliceinwdw, Caldercup, MrsM, WillCAD, Fortissimo, GingerJ, HiddenMickey, CRCrazy, Eeyoresmom, disneyknut, disneydani, Cam22, chezp, WDWfan, Luvsun, KMB733, rescuesk, OhToodles!, Colexis Mom, lfredsbo, HiddenMickey, DrDolphin, DopeyGirl, duck addict, Disneybine, PixieMichele, Sandra Bostwick, Eeyore Tattoo, DyanKJ130, Suzy Q'Disney, LilMarcieMouse, AllisonG, Belle*, Chrissi, Brant, DawnDenise, Crystalloubear, Disneymom9092, FanOfMickey, Goofy4Goofy, GoofyMom, Home4us123, iamgrumpy, ilovedisney247, Jennifer2003, Jenny Pooh, KrisLuvsDisney, Ladyt, Laughaholic88, LauraBelle Hime, Lilianna, LizardCop, Loobyoxlip, lukeandbrooksmom, marisag, michnash, MickeyMAC, OffKilter_Lynn, PamelaK, Poor_Eeyore, ripkensnana, RobDVC, SHEANA1226, Shell of the South, snoozin, Statelady01, Tara O'Hara, tigger22, Tink and Co., Tinkerbelz, WDWJAMBA, wdwlovers, Wendyismyname, whoSEZ, WildforWD, and WvuGrrrl. You made the magic.
We want to personally thank Sara Varney, who coordinated our community for many years (among so many other things she did for us), and Cheryl Pendry, our Message Board Manager who helped train our Guides, and Ginger Jabour, who helped us with the PassPorter-specific forums and Live! Guides. Thank you for your time, energy, and enthusiasm. You made it all happen.
There are other changes as well.
Why? Well, the world has changed. And change with it, we must. The lyrics to "We Go On" for IllumiNations say it best:
We go on to the joy and through the tears
We go on to discover new frontiers
Moving on with the current of the years.
We go on
Moving forward now as one
Moving on with a spirit born to run
Ever on with each rising sun.
To a new day, we go on.
It's time to move on and move forward.
PassPorter is a small business, and for many years it supported our family. But the world changed, print books took a backseat to the Internet, and for a long time now it has been unable to make ends meet. We've had to find new ways to support our family, which means new careers and less and less time available to devote to our first baby, PassPorter.
But eventually, we must move on and move forward. It is the right thing to do.
So we are retiring this newsletter, as we simply cannot keep up with it. Many thanks to Mouse Fan Travel who supported it all these years, to All Ears and MousePlanet who helped us with news, to our many article contributors, and -- most importantly -- to Sara Varney who edited our newsletter so wonderfully for years and years.
And we are no longer charging for the Live Guides. If you have a subscription, it's yours to keep for the lifetime of the Live Guides at no additional cost. The Live Guides will stay online, barring server issues and technical problems, for all of 2019.
That said, PassPorter is not going away. Most of the resources will remain online for as long as we can support them, and after that we will find ways to make whatever we can available. PassPorter means a great deal to us, and to many of you, and we will do our best to keep it alive in whatever way we can. Our server costs are high, and they'll need to come out of our pockets, so in the future you can expect some changes so we can bring those costs down.
Thank you, thank you, thank you for your amazing support over the years. Without you, there's no way us little guys could have made something like this happen and given the "big guys" a run for their money. PassPorter was consistently the #3 guidebook after the Unofficial and Official guides, which was really unheard of for such a small company to do. We ROCKED it thanks to you and your support and love!
If you miss us, you can still find some of us online. Sara started a new blog at DisneyParkPrincess.com -- I strongly urge you to visit and get on her mailing list. She IS the Disney park princess and knows Disney backward and forward. And I am blogging as well at JenniferMaker.com, which is a little craft blog I started a couple of years ago to make ends meet. You can see and hear me in my craft show at https://www.youtube.com/c/jennifermaker . Many PassPorter readers and fans are on Facebook, in groups they formed like the PassPorter Trip Reports and PassPorter Crafting Challenge (if you join, just let them know you read about it in the newsletter). And some of our most devoted community members started a forum of their own at Pixie Dust Lane and all are invited over.
So we encourage you to stay in touch with us and your fellow community members wherever works best for you!
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taking a lot of little trips to Chicago and Ohio in the next 2 months, for Lauren's karate competitions. I don't view them as vacation, though. So I guess that leaves WDW July 5-10, 2010
Do you have a go to brand of tennis (sports) shoes, or do you just look for what you think looks good?
What kinds of pets did you have growing up? As a kid we had: Gerbils, a lizard, guinea pigs, fish, hamsters, cats, and dogs. Not always at the same time though.
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He's wicked nice too. I had the opportunity to meet them a couple of times and was very impressed with how down to Earth and all he was (they all were really). They even let a group of us hang out backstage for a while before the concert. Nothing fancy, they were doing meet & greet stuff, but letting us hang out was cool.
He'll be He has seen them live when they toured over here but he didn't get back stage. He has got to meet some other bands though. All those scary looking guys with shaved heads and piercings seem to be so decent "in the flesh" - there's a lesson there I guess.
As to pets - my mum was known as the crazy animal lady because she loves them so much. We would get strays left on our doorstep in cardboard boxes because she would always take them in. Over the years we got 5 cats, a dog, a guinea pig, and a parrot that way.
We also had rabbits, a pigmy goat, ponies and tropical fish. I had a fledgling that fell out of a nest! Oh and my fave - a tortoise
A co-worker today was saying she stopped using her birth name because she hates it - she just picked something else! (I was asking why her payslip had the wrong first name on it)!
Do you feel your name suits you, or do you wish you were called something different (or did you actually change it).
A co-worker today was saying she stopped using her birth name because she hates it - she just picked something else! (I was asking why her payslip had the wrong first name on it)!
Do you feel your name suits you, or do you wish you were called something different (or did you actually change it).
I think my name suits me Kara. I like it because it's not that common of a name but it's also not like Apple or some weird name!
Favorite place you would love to visit and money was NO object...besides Disney. Although it would be fun also.
Besides the obvious nice weather and beach days, I can't wait to go to a few concerts with my sister. I am taking dd12 to the Bamboozle Roadshow for her 13td birthday gift and we are going to see Lady Gaga. To some this isn't a big deal, but considering that for years this sister and I didn't see eye to eye on anything, in our family, this is HUGE!!!
What are you most looking forward to for this summer?
I am looking forward to having my hubby home all summer long! We have been married for 5 years this May and have yet to spend an entire summer together (he has worked out of town every summer or for a part of every summer for 5 years) until this year! Hooray!
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Taking my three sons to the Magic Kingdom for the first time!
It was just the 4 of us (hubby didn't go) and we had a wonderful time!
We rode the TTA over and over and over!
Zachary got his haircut at the Main Street Barber.
Zachary also tossed his cookies in the parking lot!
The boys loved Pirates! And they loved playing on Tom Sawyer's island!
It is one the very best memories we all share!
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Our 3 princesses LOVE the RED SOX!!!!
He has seen them live when they toured over here but he didn't get back stage. He has got to meet some other bands though. All those scary looking guys with shaved heads and piercings seem to be so decent "in the flesh" - there's a lesson there I guess. 
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